What is the crisis in Darfur, Sudan?
Increasingly brutal attacks by armed militias have forced approximately 1.2 million Sudanese citizens, mostly black villagers, from their homes. These militias have burned villages, looted, stolen livestock and committed rape and murder. It’s estimated that nearly 30,000 people have died in Darfur over the past year as a result of this violence. Over 175,000 Sudanese have fled to the neighboring country of Chad as refugees, while more than a million remain homeless in Darfur. The United Nations is calling the situation in Darfur “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.” World leaders, including United States Secretary of State Colin Powell, have visited Sudan to call for an end to hostilities and cooperation from the Government of Sudan in getting urgent aid to people in Darfur. What is the current situation in Darfur? Thousands of families lost everything – homes, belongings, livestock and crops – when they were driven from their villages. Now homeless and scattered across Darfur’s bar
